How can you go to Heaven if you Support War or the Death Penalty?

The sixth commandment is very clear - THOU SHALT NOT KILL.
And supporting the war makes you an accomplice.
Same as the death penalty, if you are for it, you are breaking a commandment.

I was going to include some Bible quotes to back it up, but for every Bible verse there is always another to contradict and I thought, lets keep it
simple.
So, sticking with the commandments only, how can you be for killing and still go to heaven?

What would Jesus do? Would he obey the commandment or support the death penalty and War killings?

Doesn't it say in the bible if you ask for forgiveness it shall be given or something like that? SO I guess according to the bible all you do is
repent and your good.... murder kill all the above... Right, or am I way off... Just a thought.

The Torah was written in Hebrew. Taken from that context it really means, "Thou shalt not murder." Murder is considered the shedding of innocent
blood. I hate war. A lot of innocent blood is shed. I hate abortion for the same reason.

How can anyone sleep when others are starving and dying at the hands of mercenaries and Oligarchs?

IMO Heaven and hell don't exist for me, But how can anyone in their right mind justify that war of aggression is for the betterment/stability of
society.

Heaven and hell are moot. Look around you. Do you not see suffering? Or do you see the walls that you call home? the same walls that block you from
the outside.

Edit add: When it comes to heaven and hell. Each religion would be different. the way i was raised.. (Catholic) as long as you ask for forgiveness and
pray through Jesus or something, you can enter heaven. confess sins, blah blah blah.. etc.

There is such a thing as a just war (not that we have had one in a long long time) If some one is trying to kill your family I think God would
support stopping them,If the only way to stop them is to kill them then I think God would forgive. So long as their was no other choice. None of the
ten commandments are unforgivable sins.

I am sure I remember parts of the old testament where God told the Israelites to kill every man, woman, and child of nations that didn't believe in
Him. Moses killed a man in his early life. God advocated that "His" people killed many others...does that mean the same people he TOLD to go kill,
are damned for doing what He told them to do??

Originally posted by earth2reply to [url=http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread609694/pg1#pid9545976]post by Romantic_Rebel

Heck, you almost need a Bible Lawyer!!!

I went to a Catholic private school as a child. The Bible Lawyers ask us to call them Father now... Apparently only they can clarify God's
word....The conspiracy theorist in me , however, makes me think perhaps the Roman Catholic Church has us call them Father in order for the priest to
"signify" God in our minds. Reminds me of my first Reconcialition.... I had no idea what to ask for forgiveness for so I made something up....took
me like two minutes in the chamber whatchamacallit. Other in my class must have brought lists.... Some were in there for 15 plus heh....

That is something that always confused me... The Republicans (who pander to the Christian Right) are very pro-war. I don't see how one can justify
this and still live the 10 Commandments....

Yes, I know, but for every law in the Bible there is another verse to disclaim it.

How can you change a simple law, thou shalt not kill?????
By coming up with other laws?

Heck, you almost need a Bible Lawyer!!!

That's the problem! There are so many contradictions in various religious text it will make your head spin.
I can go on and on about contradictions in the Bible and Koran to make it seem the the Author(s) had no clue what they were writing. It's all about
how you see your faith. Even though people would tell that you're following blindly. www.thekeyboard.org.uk...
This link It what I'm trying to describe.

Yea, I know, but on the other hand Jesus said in many ways to turn the other cheek.

Matthew 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

sometimes my left cheek and my right cheek both seem to have been smited enough. and the ones smiting my cheeks are convinced i'm shaking my head
no, which doesn't help me get less smiting upon my cheeks.

i'm just noting that what christians' christ taught is not what christians practice, always.
christ teaches: do unto others as you would have done unto you, yet some christians refuse to treat everyone identically and the same way. it's just
a paradox in christian idealogies, i think.

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